When comparing Mutants vs The Chosen: Hijack vs Secret of Mana, the Slant community recommends Secret of Mana for most people. In the question“What are the best Android games without in-app purchases/paywalls?”Secret of Mana is ranked 60th while Mutants vs The Chosen: Hijack is ranked 134th. The most important reason people chose Secret of Mana is:

Twenty some odd years later and Secret of Mana is still considered one of the best action role playing game experiences there is.

Pros

Pro

Completely free, no ads, no in app purchases

Mutants vs The Chosen: Hijack is a completely free game, no advertisements, no in app purchases.

Pro

Classic Hand painted adventure game

Mutants vs The Chosen: Hijack has a very interesting art style that is made up of hand painted graphics.

Pro

Has stood the test of time

Twenty some odd years later and Secret of Mana is still considered one of the best action role playing game experiences there is.

Pro

Unique ring command system allows for easy menu selection

The ring command system used for selecting equipment and other options is still as innovative today as it was back in 1993.

A first at it's time, the ring command system allowed for users to select their weapons and equipment easily without having to leave the main game screen, making for selecting quite easy.

Pro

Shift in gameplay for Squaresoft/SquareEnix made RPGs

Secret of Mana features a top down real time battle system akin to other action role playing games such as Legend of Zelda that at the time was a large shift from the turn based fare that Square created. Even today Square Enix does not foray too often into the action role playing genre, making for a unique experience when it comes to Square created titles.

Pro

Considered one of the best stories in RPG's young and old

While the outline of the story is the normal RPG fare, where a young boy is tasked with saving the world, the characters and their journey still holds up as one of the best ever written.

Pro

Colorful 16bit era graphics

Secret of Mana was created at the height of the 16bit SNES era and utilized some of the most colorful and stylized fantasy role playing game graphics. While it would have been nice to see Square polish them up a bit for HD devices, they still hold up, especially in a market that has many games designed with bit graphics as a current trend.

Cons

Con

Short

Mutants vs The Chosen: Hijack is a bit short but there is a new chapter available for $.99 as a separate purchase for those that would like to continue the adventure.

Con

Graphically, almost a direct port

Square Enix has done nothing to polish the graphics in this port which for the price point is a little disheartening. The black borders on both sides of the screen are also disappointing. To see Square do so little to accommodate HD devices and their swath of screen sizes, it makes one wonder how they get away charging the prices they do.